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Mark 10:38 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? "
Mark 10:38
Verse in Context
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And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
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Mark 10:1
"And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again."
Mark 10:2
"And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him."
Mark 10:3
"And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?"
Mark 10:4
"And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away."
Mark 10:5
"And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept."
Mark 10:6
"But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."
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